“…The oxide layer developing on an alloy surface during thermal oxidation influences many important material properties, such as corrosion resistance, catalytic activity, adhesion, friction, wear and long-term reliability, biocompatibility, conductivity, and optical properties [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. The oxide layer produced on the alloy can be amorphous or crystalline, depending on numerous factors, such as the difference between the bulk Gibbs energies of the amorphous and crystalline states of the competing oxide phases, the participating surface and interface energies, the initial lattice mismatch with the parent substrate, the oxide layer thickness, the alloy composition, and the oxidation temperature [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16].…”